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Rex Posted 19 years ago
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They all spoke OR They spoke all
0 "Suddenly, a child ran out into the middle of the road. In the split second that followed, he had to make an appalling choice. 02 br
00 "To kill the child, or all his passengers." 02 br
00 The man paused for a moment. His audience froze. 02 br
00 I felt angry. Why was he telling this story in front of children? 02 br
00 "He drove straight into the child," the man continued. 02 br
00 "There was blood all over the windscreen. The passengers ran forward, remonstrating with him. 02 br
00 "'You should have killed us instead,' they shouted. 'How could you kill an innocent child?' 02 br
00 "Then there was a deep silence." On the bus and in the room. 02 br
00 "Then the driver spoke. 'That child was my own son,' he said, 'and his name was Jesus.'" 02 br
01 b 00 Better education 02 b 00 02 br
00 Earlier the same day, we sat with Nikolai Kirilov and other local gypsy leaders, in a restaurant beside the Danube. They all spoke English. 02 br
00 The river stretched before us like an ancient, pungent, grey-green lion, the barges on its coat just scratches. 02 br
00 "Ten years ago, when we started our association with Roma Lom, only 5% of the gypsy children finished high school. Now it's 75%." 02 br
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00 They all spoke English. 01 b 00 [ Is this correct?] 02 b 02 br
02 br
00 I would write 'They spoke all English'. 02 br
02 br
00 They have all cars. 02 br
00 They all have cars. [ I don't think this is correct.] 0-
00 "To kill the child, or all his passengers." 02 br
00 The man paused for a moment. His audience froze. 02 br
00 I felt angry. Why was he telling this story in front of children? 02 br
00 "He drove straight into the child," the man continued. 02 br
00 "There was blood all over the windscreen. The passengers ran forward, remonstrating with him. 02 br
00 "'You should have killed us instead,' they shouted. 'How could you kill an innocent child?' 02 br
00 "Then there was a deep silence." On the bus and in the room. 02 br
00 "Then the driver spoke. 'That child was my own son,' he said, 'and his name was Jesus.'" 02 br
01 b 00 Better education 02 b 00 02 br
00 Earlier the same day, we sat with Nikolai Kirilov and other local gypsy leaders, in a restaurant beside the Danube. They all spoke English. 02 br
00 The river stretched before us like an ancient, pungent, grey-green lion, the barges on its coat just scratches. 02 br
00 "Ten years ago, when we started our association with Roma Lom, only 5% of the gypsy children finished high school. Now it's 75%." 02 br
02 br
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00 They all spoke English. 01 b 00 [ Is this correct?] 02 b 02 br
02 br
00 I would write 'They spoke all English'. 02 br
02 br
00 They have all cars. 02 br
00 They all have cars. [ I don't think this is correct.] 0-
Top answer
02 br 01 b 00 They all have cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, it's the one you are looking for. 02 br 01 b 00 They have all cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, but it's different. 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 They all have cars.
- 02 br 01 b 00 They all have cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, it's the one you are looking for.
- 02 br 01 b 00 They have all cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, but it's different.
- 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 They all have cars.
- They all need more cars.
- They all want to sell some cars.
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0 Hi Rex, 02 br
00 I think... 02 br
01 b 00 They all have cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, it's the one you are looking for. Here, "all" refers to "they". 02 br
01 b 00 They have all cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, but it's different. Here, "all" refers to "cars". 02 br
02 br
01 b 00 They all have cars. They all need more cars. They all wa
00 I think... 02 br
01 b 00 They all have cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, it's the one you are looking for. Here, "all" refers to "they". 02 br
01 b 00 They have all cars 02 b 00 -- is ok, but it's different. Here, "all" refers to "cars". 02 br
02 br
01 b 00 They all have cars. They all need more cars. They all wa
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0 They all spoke English - everyone there spoke English. 02 br
02 br
00 They spoke all English - the only language spoken at that moment was English (it implies they know other languages). The emphasis is on the language being spoken, not on whether everyone there could speak English. It's possible there were people in the group who were silent as they don't understand English. 0
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00 They spoke all English - the only language spoken at that moment was English (it implies they know other languages). The emphasis is on the language being spoken, not on whether everyone there could speak English. It's possible there were people in the group who were silent as they don't understand English. 0
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